Completely agree with your way of thinking BlueGreen. I don't like having to limit what I'm doing for something as arbitrary as the desynth cap is. Anything that can be bypassed by having an alt is just crippling the game play for those who don't have the time or inclination to level one up. Battle tome caps & the like are different because almost nothing can be traded in the same way as it can for desynth & crafting specialisms.